Rapid City: Professor to present address

April 21, 2008|From staff reports

Presentation College faculty member Brad Tennant will present the keynote address at the South Dakota State Historical Society Annual History Conference, which will be held May 2-3 in Rapid City. Tennant's speech will address the opening of the Western fur trade in the United States. The conference will focus on the theme "Empires on the Plains: The Fur Trade." Various other lectures and demonstrations will take place throughout the weekend. The Historical Society's Governor's Awards for History luncheon will also take place on May 3. The winners of the society's annual election for board of trustees will be announced, including Tennant, who was re-appointed by Gov. Mike Rounds this year. Tennant also recently published an article titled "After Lewis and Clark: Expedition Personalities and South Dakota History." The article appeared in the fall/winter 2007 issue of the Heritage of the Great Plains, a scholarly journal published by the Center for Great Plains Studies in Emporia, Kan.